Home Cooked Music
This short documentary profiles an imaginative inventor and craftsman who makes whimsical stringed instruments out of unlikely items. In his hands, shovels, rakes, baseball bats, and stop signs become beautiful and functional guitars, violins, banjos, and fiddles. After a near-death experience, retired machinist Lorne Collie embarked on his creative journey, and this heartening film offers a folksy, one-of-a-kind portrait of Collie's spirit and talent. Through weathered doc footage and hand-crafted animation, the film shows that Collie is having more fun than he’s had in a long time and feeling more than alive.
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This short documentary profiles an imaginative inventor and craftsman who makes whimsical stringed instruments out of unlikely items. In his hands, shovels, rakes, baseball bats, and stop signs become beautiful and functional guitars, violins, banjos, and fiddles.
After a near-death experience, retired machinist Lorne Collie embarked on his creative journey, and this heartening film offers a folksy, one-of-a-kind portrait of Collie's spirit and talent. Through weathered doc footage and hand-crafted animation, the film shows that Collie is having more fun than he’s had in a long time and feeling more than alive.
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writerMike Maryniuk
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directorMike Maryniuk
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producerBrendon Sawatzky
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director of photographyMike Maryniuk
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editorMike MaryniukDeco Dawson
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sound designPaul MorrowBruce Little
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music editorPaul Morrow
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dialogue editorPaul Morrow
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background effects editorPaul Morrow
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re-recording mixerBruce Little
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participantLorne CollieGrant SiemensHelen CollieMatt PetersAaron ZeghersJaxon Haldane
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sound recordistMike MaryniukMatt Peters
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on-site mixMatt Peters
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camera assistantAaron ZeghersJosh Marr
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production assistantGwen Trutnau
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additional photographyJosh MarrAaron Zeghers
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colouristTony Wytinck
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online editorTony Wytinck
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original musicGrant SiemensLorne Collie
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animationMike Maryniuk
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additional animationCurtis WiebeAndrew Milne
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art departmentGwen TrutnauCurtis WiebeAndrew MilneMike Maryniuk
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puppet designGwen TrutnauMike Maryniuk
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researcherMike MaryniukJaxon Haldane
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transcriptionSharon Murphy
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production coordinatorGinette D'SilvaFaye Yoneda
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production supervisorMark Power
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marketing managerKelley Alexander
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centre operations managerDarin Clausen
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program administratorBree Beach
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executive producerDavid Christensen
Ideal for classes and projects on music, creativity and aging. What do you think is inspirational about Lorne Collie? Draw diagrams of fantastical musical instruments and explain how they work. Create musical instruments out of junk or useless objects. Form small musical groups, compose music for your instruments and put on a concert. What can we learn about music and human ingenuity from this film? Search online and find other examples of machines that have been built out of junk.
